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Ratna Pathak Shah starrer Selection Day is a web series based on Aravind Adiga's 2016 novel of the same name. It is produced by Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, and features Rajesh Tailang, Mahesh Manjrekar and Akshay Oberoi among others. Ratna was seen earlier this year in the Netflix film Love Per Square Foot.

At the launch of her new web series Rangbaaz, Aahana Kumra spoke about what has changed post the #MeToo movement in Bollywood.

Netflix series Selection Day, which is being co-produced by Anil Kapoor, is an adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s novel of the same name. The series revolves around two aspiring cricketers Manju and Radha, played by Yash Dholye and Mohammad Samad.

Netflix's Selection Day is an adaptation of Aravind Adiga's novel of the same name and follows the story of two teenagers, destined for greatness in cricket, and their overbearing, obsessive father.

Ranveer Singh dropped in to meet Anil Kapoor when the latter was in the middle of the promotions for his upcoming Netflix original series Selection Day. Ranveer's Simmba director Rohit Shetty also joined in, making it an impromptu Bollywood meet-up. Ranveer and Anil have previously worked together in Zoya Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do, where Anil played the father and Ranveer, his son. Selection Day will premiere on Netflix on December 28.

Sachin Tendulkar invited the Selection Day actors Yash Dholye and Mohammad Samad to his home and had a freewheeling conversation with them. Netflix's Selection Day begins streaming from December 28.

Moviegoers may not know Scott Stuber, but he is fast becoming one of the most important — and disruptive — people in the film business. A former Universal Pictures vice chairman, Stuber, 50, is Netflix’s movie chief.

Actor and famous acting coach Saurabh Sachdeva talks about his character in Sacred Games 2, his equation with filmmaker Kashyap and how he got the role of Suleiman Isa in the Netflix original.

Abhishek Bachchan has confirmed that he will be seen in Amazon Prime Video's Breathe 2. The first season of the show starred R Madhavan in the lead role.

Streaming giant Netflix had renewed Narcos: Mexico for a second season earlier this month, and both Diego Luna and Scott McNairy are set to reprise their roles in the next season.

Actor Purab Kohli shared that web shows are more experimental in their content. However, he loves doing both web shows and films and he finds both of them engaging.

Amazon Prime Video's Mirzapur depicts gang rivalry and crime in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. The web show stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Divyendu Sharma, Shweta Tiwari and Shriya Pilgaonkar.

Arjun Rampal will make his digital debut with The Final Call, a web series which is an adaptation of author Priya Kumar's book 'I Will Go With You'.

Triple Frontier trailer is as good as you would expect. The pace is fast and the clip is scored with a menacing, foreboding piece of music. The action shots look expensive and genuinely studio calibre.

Netflix had greenlit Stranger Things's third season in December last year. Duffer brothers, the show's creators, have said that Stranger Things will get at least four seasons in total. Season 3 comes out in 2019.

The cast of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel on the new season and staying ahead.

The Umbrella Academy is about a dysfunctional family of superheroes (a little like Marvel's Fantastic Four). Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, The Boy, The Horror, and The White Violin together make up the family.

Vella Raja, starring Bobby Simha, Parvatii Nair, Gayathrie Shankar and Kaali Venkat, is the first Tamil Amazon Original and has also been dubbed into Hindi and Telugu.

Mirzapur is a nine-episode series produced by Excel Entertainment, and stars Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey, Divyendu Sharma, Rasika Dugal, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Shweta Tripathi in pivotal roles. It is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Narcos: Mexico, a companion series to Narcos, has been renewed for a second season by streaming site Netflix.

Rohan Chand plays the popular character Mowgli in Andy Serkis' directorial Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. The film starts streaming on Netflix from December 7.

Freida Pinto shared that the Indian audience will appreciate Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as it is much closer to Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and honours the Indian origins of the story.

Christian Bale starrer Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle starts streaming on Netflix from December 7. The actor plays Bagheera in the Andy Serkis directorial.